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Tapirus webbi (tapir)
Taxonomy
Tapirus webbi was named by Hulbert (2005) [comprises specimens from Florida formerly placed in Tapirus simpsoni]. Its type specimen is UF 11005, a partial skull (partial skull that includes portions of right and left maxillae and nasals; right I1, I3, and P2-P3; and left C and P1-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McGehee Farm, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Tapirus webbi Hulbert |
| 2007 | Tapirus webbi Ferrero and Noriega p. 508 |
| 2010 | Tapirus webbi Hulbert p. 79 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Tapirus webbi Hulbert 2005 [tapir]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Clarendonian or 10.30000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Tapirus simpsoni (18554) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Tapiravus sp. (type locality: 18560) Tapirus webbi (18563) |